Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Like SPUMONI, this crossword had many layers 😀

Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Like SPUMONI, this crossword had many layers 😀

A challenging Saturday crossword, Jean in particular had to take a stroll through her vast mind palace in order to get through today's puzzle, whereas Mike had to rely on what is, alas, not so much a mind palace as a mind broom closet in order to seize victory from the jaws of cruciverbial defeat. We liked this crossword a lot, and for that reason unreservedly award it our highest rating, 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. Speaking of award, today's JAMCOTWA -- Jean And Mike Crossword...

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Monday, April 26, 2021

Monday, April 26, 2021

Today's crossword paid homage to the pillars of the FOODCOURT -- DAIRYQUEEN, WHITECASTLE, and BURGERKING (although Mike still wants to know why LADYOLIVEGARDEN was slighted). And that pillar referenc...

27 Huhti 20216min

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Sunday, April 25, 2021

In Saturday's crossword we had 35A, Implausible argument, say, STRETCH, a fine example of foreshadowing, because today's puzzle, titled Stretching Exercises, revolved around stretching various muscle ...

26 Huhti 202119min

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Everywhere you look in this crossword you'll find a superb example of the clue-writer's craft. In the top-left, 13A, Rockies you won't find in Colorado?, AWAYTEAM. In the center left, 22D, Stocking st...

25 Huhti 202116min

Friday, April 23,2021

Friday, April 23,2021

A Robyn Weintraub Friday crossword, woot! Jean had to dig deeply for this one, but Mike was able to fare quite well, abetted by an almost complete dearth of cultural references — but for both it left ...

24 Huhti 20219min

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Thursday, April 22, 2021

The name's Burch, Jem Burch, and she turns in a gem of a crossword starring the most British of spies, Bond, James Bond. The theme involves 7 OO rebuses, forming a large number 7 that extends the heig...

23 Huhti 202112min

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Jean found today's crossword to be a SLICK, SWEETRIDE, while Mike thought it might BURY his streak in an avalanche of cultural references that were not in his wheelhouse -- including but astoundingly ...

22 Huhti 202116min

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

No, the New York Times crossword is not going to the dogs, although a skosh of them had cameos in today's puzzle. If there is indeed a New York Times crossword Clue-Hall-of-Fame, then we would like to...

21 Huhti 202111min

Monday, April 19, 2021

Monday, April 19, 2021

Was this a fun crossword? YOUBETYOURLIFE -- because of that, and 2 other CLASSICGAMESHOW references that formed the theme for today's puzzle. It also had the clue 9A, Wee bit, SKOSH, which was COOL. I...

20 Huhti 20217min

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